St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-09-24

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| sufficient praise and proper recogEiti @
] We're not gwen to the people who Ii ~
2 behind those lcEeeo. | know that a.
Z as muCn as any governor assisted
l their good management, advice, a.
| aCtlye cooperation to DuIId the levee #
! The people of Polnte Coupee would hav
bullt Scott IeVet no matter who wa
governor, and as for MorganZa TIL
money wasted III the dismal failur
OF 81 wouid have constructed the pre- a.
ent leFee without calling on the
UNITED STATES GOEERNMEHT
which, through the efforts of General
Gibson and other members of the LOU
lana delegation III congress. allotted TIL
money necessary to insure Its COMPEL
| ton.
Ii there were no other objection NJ
Nr. NCEuerys nomination than that III
would perpetuaCe III office obnoxious
politicians, with their peculiar waysS
there Is one reason all sufficient wltbN
good Democrats to prevent them frOnT]
supporting him. We aIe opposed nowH
and forever TO third term TOR the chlef
| executive Of the state. This Is sound
Democratic doctrine. 1t IS a safeguard&
thrown around the liberties of the pco-S
pie by Democratic usage, which should
Tot be nightly thrown aside. GeneTaE
| NICHOLS has been charged with Door
| appointments. There IS one that has
! been harped upon IN this parish, 4
| namely, the appointment on the parish#
| school board OF Stevens from this ward
| which Is largely white ward, andH
| stevens being Il negro radical polit-
| can. Governor NlCnolls, IN the reryH
nature of things, knew nothing of
| stevens personally, and relied on thaA
recommendations made to him. If III
recollecJ correctly be was only 4 short
| time on the board.
r,, 4
NICHOLS Is that he made certain bar
| gains with some Republicans III order
10 get them to recognize the Nichols
government. 1t VIII be remembered
that at the Ili:? e ali these things are said 4
10 nave been zone there was n New Or
leans legislature composed of our
NEEl BEST MEN.
sent there by cur votes. who aided
Allotted and COunsried those measures
or BARGAINS as they axe termed. Now,
at this ate day, after the battle, when
the clouds OF smoke that obsCured the
vision OF those who participated IN ths
struggle. have been IiSsIpated, Gov
ernor Nichols and ne alone Is held NM
Tor abuse. They say his hands are non
clean-that he hlistered them pulling
our chesJuuts out Of the tire-that he
made promises TO Republicans To draw
them over 10 our legislature in order
that our government should be recogs
nlled. 1t does seem that, at that
particular time. There were
some Inducements offered tc
Republican members OF the legislature Z
anu others IN the State Is get them to
cooperate with the Nichols govern.
menC aud insuGe It's recognition. | for.
bear from CrlTlci>Ing what the eXecue
tive aud he members OF the legislature
elected by US thought best to be done
then All that | know is that over the
lowered Dayuueto OF the army of the
United States, without the shedding of
one precious drop OF Louisiana blood,
came the dellverance OF this state, and
nome Democratic government, for which
50 many OF our best men in this and
other parishes Tlsheu their lives, was
made blessed reality. tGreaJ ap-
pIauSe.
Let me call your attention to another
peculiar fact III connection with this
alleged bargaining business. If Gov
ernor Nichols had been bargaining to
advance
HIS OWE INTEREST,
as is too common IL the politics of this
day, II would be a different matter. n
But he was bargaining Tor the life Of
the state. 1t he made appointments, it
was not TO perpetuate himself in the
possession OF the gubernauorlal chair,
but 10 restore peace and goodwill to
MS state. Applause. That = the diff
terence. W htneyer a. 4 whereYE= hssa 49,
appointments proved to have bsa
1lcIously made, candid men sas ~
Edge that the remedy was 9rouza.l ~
1lled. &C.
\ distinguished friend of NJ 1
distinguished citizen of this(
ax-Govornor Wickitfe. said to|
'ther day that we were all Dem
nat 1t was tight in our HON Fl
Ind he hoped and believed TT
canvass would be a pleasant
eel one, to which | said Amen. M
eaVing his office the very frs Il
hat struck my eye was an unfair m
acA on Governor Nichols by one of ths
'apers OF this parish. I am sorry it n.
urred and will now proceed to notjsa
he article. In order to explain il. tia
ecessary Tor me to go back to what's
Carcely
WORTHY OF NOTICE
ENG so rldlculous-uhe parish school
oiiu ana heaven knows, [ think the
chool board might be let alone, for we
re d set OF men acting for the benefit of
DO people without the slightest re-
luneratlon; we talk no politics but
ttend to our business and adjourn.
9 90 the best We can with the small
leans allowed US to afford some oppor-
lnltles tor education to the white and
lack children OF this parish, and yetlt
'ems Ihere is an effort to drag the
,nool board INTO political contest,
40 why! Not because they had done
lytnlng wrong, but because there were
'me members of that board appointed
Governor McEnery who were not his
)ntical friends. If Governor Nc -
merry thought that by appaisssssssqqssggsssssP
Q On the school board he was
ahlns me political friend he
as vastly mistaken. Neither Governor
emery nor Governor Nichols or any
ner governor can make HE his politi-
VI friend simply by appointing me to
once. would try TO be the friend
the people. | think l can say the
me for the other gentlemen on the
Yard. SO little did we think of notifies
at we dld not know how we stood on
. BOARD. L heard that one of the gem
9Hen was supporter of Governor
emery but PAID no attention to II.
hen out ~
COMES THE CARD
Titled Judge Raynham is Set Riohtl
mad never been set wrong that
10" OF. But this gentleman, wishing
eeI y udge Raynham right very little
" " ieAlnS 10 raise up Governor Nc.
lely STOCK very much. addressed this
to the people of tha
rlsn. II Judge Raynham supports
vernon McEnery IL is becanse he
INKS it is to the interest of the stats
q not because he was put on the
! no speaker read the following articn
oAsned IN the Feliciana Sentinel:
.1E RAfNHAM IS SET RIGHT - he IS NOR
Niono 't SUPPORTER AND HAS The
BEST OF REASONS FOR NOT
SO BEING
Ii; Edltor-1 sec from your last 1ssue thas
nave Done an Injustice to one of our
ooi BOARD. II you will only look back to
}. Judge Raynham was candidsta for